Judge
Robert E. Guess was born in Union, South Carolina in 1948. His parents
are Joseph H. Guess, a family practice physician, and Julia Easterling Guess.

He attended public schools in Union,
South Carolina and while in high school was a member of the varsity football
team and was a delegate to South Carolina Boy's State in Charleston, South Carolina.
He received his bachelor's degree in English in 1970 from Presbyterian College
in Clinton, South Carolina where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order and of
Blue Key Honor Fraternity. In January of 1970 Judge Guess joined the South Carolina
National Guard and served on active duty at Fort Ord, California and at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. He completed a six year enlistment in January of 1976. He
attended the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, South Carolina
from 1971 to 1974 and received his juris doctorate degree in 1974. He was admitted
to the South Carolina Bar in November 1974.

After graduation from law school
in 1974, Judge Guess was admitted to practice and worked as an attorney in Charleston
and Greenville before returning to Union. Judge Guess practiced law in Union
from1979 until his election to the Family Court bench in 2000. His experience
in Union included service as an Assistant Public Defender, attorney for the
Towns of Jonesville and Lockhart and as Union County attorney. He was a member
of the Sixteenth Circuit Resolution of Fee Disputes Committee of the South Carolina
Bar.

Judge Guess has been a member of
the South Carolina Bar, the Union County Bar Association, and the American Bar
Association. He is admitted to practice in all South Carolina Courts and in
the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

He is a member and past chairman
of the Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church in Union, member and
past president of the Rotary Club of Union, a former member and chairman of
the Union County Development Board, and a former member and vice-president of
the Board of Directors of the Union County Chamber of Commerce. He is a past
member and president of the Union County YMCA and has served on the Board of
Directors of Piedmont Legal Services, Inc., Union County and Piedmont Chapters
of the Red Cross, and the Union County Salvation Army. He is married to the
former Vanda Lee McLeod of Camden, South Carolina, and is the father of two
children.